New York, February 7, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, which injured camera operator Pavlo Borysko, with TSN, a daily news program with the Ukrainian privately owned broadcaster 1+1, and calls on Russian and Ukrainian authorities to ensure the safety of journalists covering the war.
“Three years since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian journalists are deeply committed to documenting the war, and risk their lives on a daily basis,” said Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator. “Russian and Ukrainian authorities should investigate the recent Russian attack that injured Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Borysko and ensure that journalists can report safely on the war.”
On February 4, Borysko and TSN reporter Oleksandr Motornyi came under a Russian drone attack near the Ukrainian city of Vovchansk, in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, while filming a report about the work of Ukrainian drone operators.
“[Borysko] was lying wounded, covered in blood,” Motornyi, who escaped unharmed, told his outlet.
Motornyi told CPJ that Borysko was still hospitalized as of February 6, and that he was stable but feeling “so-so.” He suffered a broken leg, damage to his eye, perforation of the eardrum, and a finger on his left hand was fractured. He has undergone two surgeries and will be treated for approximately four to five months, said Motornyi.
At least 15 journalists and one media worker have been killed while reporting in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. While most killings took place in the first few months of the war, journalists and media workers have continued to be killed, injured, and obstructed in their work. In July 2024, a Russian attack in Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, injured Ukrainian photojournalist Olga Kovalyova. In August, British safety adviser Ryan Evans with Reuters was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian freelance reporter Viktoria Roshchina died in Russian custody under unclear circumstances in September 2024.
CPJ’s emails to Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries did not receive any reply.
This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.
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